Fröhliche Musiker Blasorchester is the name of mid-Michigan’s own German Polka Band. The band’s name translates to “happy musicians in a wind band” and features 14 members, including co-founders Sara ...

Three residents with connections to the Metrocom are using the Internet to keep traditional German-style music alive, as they aim to pass on to listeners the music they love. For the past six years, ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The 55 th annual Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival combines polka music, dancing and parades for a weekend of fun in Little Bavaria. "The festival celebrates our German heritage as a ...

It’s the final weekend of Wurstfest, the New Braunfels-based annual festival which celebrates German food, beer and, of course, music. The festival began as a single-day event in 1961, an homage to ...

Asked what he likes about New Ulm’s Bavarian Blast, Harold Lange has an obvious answer. “I’m German.” Lange and his wife LaVonne have attended polka events in the region, including Polka Days held ...

Bust out your lederhosen, it’s Oktoberfest time! From bustling breweries and biergartens to Bavarian bites and block parties, here are all the ways to celebrate across the Bay. Elizabeth Vado, of San ...

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WNEM) - The smell of bratwurst, the sound of polka, and a zip line soaring above Main Street could only mean one thing, the Bavarian Festival is back in Frankenmuth. The 66th ...

A mariachi band or German polka music? Mexican folk dances or traditional “schuhplatter” – shoe-patting dances?Two festivals with wildly divergent themes will be vying for the valley’s attention today ...

Many who have been to Blob’s Park in Jessup remember that it was a great gathering place with a German beer garden, polka music and dancing every weekend. However, after 81 years, the doors to the ...

Steins will be swinging at the Bavarian Bierhaus in Heidelberg Park, 700 W. Lexington Blvd., Glendale, for Oktoberfest weekends from Sept. 5 through Oct. 5. The authentic German menu includes ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — Frankenmuth’s 2023 Bavarian Festival returns Thursday, June 8, bringing a long weekend full of polka music, German food, beer, parades and fun to Michigan’s Little Bavaria.

Meddlesome Moth in Dallas will serve venison jagerschnitzel topped with spaetzle, rotkohl and green bean almondine throughout Oktoberfest, as well as specialty beer flights. Raynor Brumfield / ...